Plough Inn, Station Road, South Cerney GL7 5UE
The Plough Inn was on the south side of Station Road. The property, on the south-western corner of the junction with Huxley Court, is now residential and called Plough Cottage. Licensing Details: Owner in 1891: Elizabeth Weeks (free from brewery tie) Rateable Value in 1891: £20.15s.0d. (the higher RV might have included land) Type of […]
Royal Oak, High Street, South Cerney GL7 5UP
The Royal Oak is a 300 year old listed building. The 1856 reference is simply The Oak, South Cerney. When excavations were being made in 1997 to lay pipes for a new cellar human remains were found which necessitated a police enquiry. A Cotswold stone extension for a new restaurant was opened in time for […]
Old George Inn, Clarks Hay, South Cerney GL7 5UA
The Old George is still trading as a traditional village pub. The building is a 200 year old listed building with whitewashed walls and stone-tiled gabled roofs. The Old George was transformed into a trendy young persons venue called ‘Walter Mitty’s’ in the 1980’s. The pub reverted back to its true identity in the mid […]
Horse & Groom Inn, Cricklade Road, South Cerney GL7 5QE
The Horse and Groom was purchased by the Cirencester Brewery with ‘land in Cricklade Road adjoining’ on 25th March 1919. The 18th century pub once stood on the busy A417 Cirencester to Swindon road but the Cirencester bypass constructed in 1997 left it isolated. Trade plummeted and the owner claimed that business had decreased by […]
Butchers Arms, High Street, South Cerney GL7 5UG
The Butchers Arms, on the north side of the High Street, closed on 3rd March 1922 and compensation was paid. The property is now residential called Butchers Cottage. The cottage was previously known as ‘Resthaven’ and was occupied by Captain and Mrs Haddleton. Map Reference: SU 046968 Licensing Details: Owner in 1891: E. William Cripps, […]
Eliot Arms, Clarks Hay, South Cerney GL7 5UA
The first mention of the Eliot Arms is from a deed dating 30th December 1871 when Robert Stanton sold the property to Messrs Cripps & Co of the Cirencester Brewery. At the time it was described as “that newly erected dwelling-house and inn called the Eliot Arms with barn, stables, outbuildings and yard, and also […]
Pub with no name, Somerford Keynes
In 1903 this premises, presumably an off-licence, was tied to Cook’s Tetbury Brewery. Licensing Details: Owner in 1903: Messrs Cook, Tetbury Brewery Rateable Value in 1903: £8.0s.0d. Type of licence in 1903: Beerhouse (off sales only) Closing time in 1903: 10pm Landlord / Tenant: 1903 Richmond Bowley.
Bakers Arms, Somerford Keynes GL7 6DN
The oldest part of the property dates back to the 15th century. It was once a bakers shop. It has been said that there is still a bakers oven concealed behind a wall in the pub but it has never been found. In 1888 the Bakers Arms was owned by the Cirencester Brewery – the […]
Greyhound Inn, Ashton Road, Siddington, nr Cirencester GL7 6HR
The Cirencester Brewery already owned the Greyhound Inn when the brewery became a Limited Company in 1888. It was acquired from Courages in 1984 by Wadworth of Devizes, Wiltshire. The 17th century stone built pub has two bars and is within easy walking distance of Cirencester. The Thames and Severn Canal was nearby, going under Ashton […]
Pub with no name, Sapperton
Licensing Details: Owner in 1891: Earl Bathurst of Cirencester Park (leased Cirencester Brewery) Rateable Value in 1891: £4.16s.0d. Type of licence in 1891: Beerhouse Owner in 1903: Earl Bathurst of Cirencester Park (leased Cirencester Brewery) Rateable Value in 1903: £4.15s.0d. Type of licence in 1903: Beerhouse Closing time in 1903: 10pm Landlords: 1891,1903 Richard Harrison
